Close House Eldon, County Durham

82 addresses across 4 postcodes (DL14), about 330 m long, classed as a minor road. USRN 42811365.

101 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £32,475 across 2 sales. 44 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 17, D: 20, E: 5, G: 1). 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in County Durham costs £2,622 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises. 122 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.

Sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20252£32,475£29,950£35,000
20241£92,999£92,999£92,999
20233£82,999£43,000£88,000
20221£33,000£33,000£33,000
20212£38,750£36,500£41,000
20192£25,500£21,000£30,000
20181£25,000£25,000£25,000
20171£30,800£30,800£30,800
20162£31,250£29,500£33,000
20151£9,500£9,500£9,500
20141£18,000£18,000£18,000
20122£82,500£55,000£110,000
Most recent sales (101)
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
28 Jan 202623 DL14 8RRTerraced£25,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
4 Nov 202521 DL14 8RRTerraced£39,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
29 Aug 202525 DL14 8RRSemi-detached£39,950Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
7 Aug 202515 DL14 8RRTerraced£31,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
4 Jun 202552 DL14 8RSTerraced£33,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
21 Mar 202551 DL14 8RSTerraced£35,000
28 Feb 202527 DL14 8RRSemi-detached£29,950
6 Feb 202546 DL14 8RSTerraced£75,999Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
24 Dec 202444 DL14 8RSTerraced£92,999
21 Nov 202446 DL14 8RSTerraced£29,500Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
31 Oct 202415 DL14 8RRTerraced£25,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
30 Oct 202415 DL14 8RRTerraced£30,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
29 Oct 202450 DL14 8RSTerraced£32,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
6 Aug 202450 DL14 8RSTerraced£30,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
23 Jul 202423 DL14 8RRTerraced£28,500Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
23 Jul 202421 DL14 8RRTerraced£28,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
10 May 202444 DL14 8RSTerraced£50,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
19 Apr 202416 DL14 8RRTerraced£35,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
8 Dec 202351 DL14 8RSTerraced£25,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
4 Oct 202342 DL14 8RSOther£39,749Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
9 Aug 202354 DL14 8RSDetached£70,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
9 Jun 202343 DL14 8RSTerraced£82,999
11 May 202340 DL14 8RSTerraced£43,000
20 Apr 202343 DL14 8RSTerraced£39,999Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
31 Mar 20235 DL14 8RRDetached£88,000
6 May 202255 DL14 8RSTerraced£33,000
4 Mar 202227 DL14 8RRSemi-detached£30,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
16 Aug 202125 DL14 8RRSemi-detached£36,500
25 Jan 202144 DL14 8RSTerraced£41,000
2 Dec 20198 DL14 8RRTerraced£30,000
2 Oct 201914 DL14 8RRTerraced£21,000
21 Sep 201831 DL14 8RROther£210,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
13 Jul 20188 DL14 8RRTerraced£25,000
13 Sep 201757 DL14 8RSTerraced£30,800
4 Jul 201757 DL14 8RSTerraced£18,750Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
22 Mar 20171 DL14 8RROther£80,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
4 Nov 201625 DL14 8RRSemi-detached£33,000
9 Sep 201627 DL14 8RRSemi-detached£29,500
12 Jul 201618 DL14 8RRTerraced£32,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
31 Mar 201627 DL14 8RRSemi-detached£20,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
18 Mar 201618 DL14 8RRTerraced£15,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
25 Nov 201544 DL14 8RSTerraced£9,500
18 Sep 201542 DL14 8RSTerraced£27,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
22 Sep 201425 DL14 8RRSemi-detached£18,000
13 Dec 201357 DL14 8RSTerraced£18,250Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
16 Nov 201243 DL14 8RSTerraced£55,000
7 Sep 2012LOWTHER HOUSE, 78 DL14 8RSDetached£110,000
2 Jun 201114 DL14 8RRTerraced£59,950
2 Jun 201116 DL14 8RRTerraced£59,950
1 Jun 201118 DL14 8RRTerraced£59,950

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 13 October 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from August 2011 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

44 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 70 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (17); House, end-terrace (11); Flat (7). Built: 1900-1929 (21); before 1900 (9); 1930-1949 (4). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (24); owner-occupied (18).

Council tax

What each band costs in County Durham in 2026-27: Band D £2,622 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,748£2,039£2,331£2,622£3,205£3,788£4,370£5,244

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (68% of about 1,000 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

  • Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
  • Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
  • Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
  • Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
  • Green belt: no.

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Roadworks

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 30 September 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 3 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.

Rivers and the sea alone: of the 31 homes the Environment Agency counts, 2 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 2 low and 0 very low.

High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.

Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
DL14 8RSnot in 2 or 3 1 / 0 / 2 unlikely
DL14 8RRnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 1 unlikely
DL14 8RLnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
DL14 8RTnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
DL14 8RL100%100%100%0%
DL14 8RR100%100%100%0%
DL14 8RS100%100%100%0%
DL14 8RT100%100%100%0%

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 31 October 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspection
Prince Bishops Community Primary SchoolPrimary2–11710 m Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework)
Thornhill Primary SchoolPrimary4–111.4 km Outstanding (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
St John's Church of England Aided Primary School, ShildonPrimary3–111.4 km Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
St Andrew's AcademyPrimary3–111.9 km Good (Oct 2019, overall grade under the previous framework)

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 31 October 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Eldon Lane Convenience Store DL14 8TLRetailers - other470 m3 Generally satisfactory22 Jan 2025

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

122 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences48
Criminal damage and arson22
Anti-social behaviour15
Public order10
Other theft9
Burglary7
Other crime7
Possession of weapons2
Vehicle crime1
Drugs1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Close House (46); On or near Heslop Street (36); On or near Stanley Street (20); On or near Main Road (14); On or near Gibson Street (6).

What has changed

Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.

Everything that has changed on and near this street

Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

  • DL14 8RS: 48 addresses of 51 in the postcode
  • DL14 8RR: 32 addresses of 34 in the postcode
  • DL14 8RL: 1 address of 11 in the postcode
  • DL14 8RT: 1 address of 37 in the postcode

Nearby streets

Gibson Street · Front Row · Vyner Street · Stanley Street · South Row · Heslop Street · Gurney Terrace · Church Court · South Row · Main Road · Brockwell Court · Office Row

All the streets in DL14 and across County Durham.

What this page cannot tell you

  • Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
  • What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
  • How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
  • Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
  • Anything about planning applications, noise or air quality yet.

How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.